Profession
The point of Circuit
<p>Why you should join a Circuit: a far cry from dinners eaten and fines levied, it’s good fellowship, lifelong education and representation in matters that affect you </p><p><em>By Kate Brunner QC </em> </p>
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Bar sustainability: zero tolerance
<p>Inequitable briefing, power play, a culture of fear... age-old problems that can have a devastating impact on retention rates. The Association of Women Barristers sets out six measures to maintain the gender balance and enable staying for silk </p><p><em>By Lynne Townley and Nikki Alderson </em> </p>
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The future of Bar training is already here
Following a five-year review, three consultations and concerted efforts to make it more evenly distributed, the new age of education begins in autumn 2020 – <em>Catherine Baksi's </em>guide to the regime and its providers
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International Women’s Day 2020 and the Bar: an equal world is an emboldened world
<p><strong>Happy #IWD2020 #EachforEqual! Five sisters in law – barristers Lousia Collins, Rebecca Hill, Gemma Rose, Alexandra Wilson and Alexa Le Moine of 5SAH – share their
views on life and work at the Bar, keeping/retrieving the faith, and the strength and support of a united and collective voice </strong> </p>
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Interview: Amanda Pinto QC
If there’s one thing that defines what the new Chair of the Bar wants to achieve, it’s removing barriers. Amanda Pinto QC talks to Kate Brunner QC about access to the profession, equitable briefing and why the profile of senior Bar politics has to change
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Interview: Lord Hendy QC
After a lifetime working in the industrial relations field, how does the barrister champion of the trade union movement see the law, art of advocacy and today’s judgecraft?
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Anna Hoffmann—Judgment Day
What was it like working as a junior junior on the controversial prorogation case<span style="font-size:inherit;background-color:initial;">—</span>and will any case be the same again? A pupil’s account of the historic day
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Simon Arnold: When life goes full circle
A new profession at the Bar for this extraordinary man who, after a catastrophic road traffic accident, is driven to represent those with similarly significant injuries
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A junior's diary: Mary-Rachel McCabe
A call to arms from the relentless slog of a legal aid junior’s August diary: why clerks and seniors should make it easier to say no and enable time out for self-preservation
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Jo Delahunty QC: On the shoulders of giants
How far we’ve come in the pursuit of professional equality and the hard work ahead: Jo’s Bar journey shows how, in a climate of ‘girly swot’ jibes and appearance-not-ability judgments, every step matters and every stance taken can count
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